Unicorns in Art History

Amuze Art Lecture #172: A discussion about the history of unicorns and how they are depicted across art history.
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Chapters
0:00 Unicorns
1:27 History
5:50 Chastity
7:57 Purity
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Music: Beneath the Moonlight by Aaron Kenny

[@OrionBelt003]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the unicorn video 😊😊😊 Looking forward to dragons and many more…

[@AmuzeArt]

Thanks for the suggestions, it's fun to get to the root of these concepts. Although I suspect that for dragons, the story is a bit more complicated. Let's see..

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Great work as always, thanks mister ...

[@AmuzeArt]

Thanks

[@for.tax.reasons]

The Mon Seul Desir tapestry series ❤ lovely video I really enjoy how you explain these themes and how wide a variety of artworks we end up seeing in these videos!

[@AmuzeArt]

Next week, I hope to discuss that series of tapestries, as well as the The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[@OrionBelt003]

@@AmuzeArt Great… Love to hear more about MET’s unicorn tapestries…!

[@for.tax.reasons]

@@AmuzeArt eeee how exciting! I look forward to it

[@user-jj2dc5pr1d]

Really interesting. I hope that ur chanel will be more renowned.

[@AmuzeArt]

Thank you for your support!

[@baldwinverhoeven9795]

Thanks for the interesting video! (And blessing my day with more Moreau). You mention unicorns even appearing in older translations of the bible. Now I wonder, what did they replace it by in newer versions?

[@AmuzeArt]

The King James Version, for example, translates the word re'em with unicorn. This has been corrected by others, translate it by words like "wild ox", "wild bull", "buffalo" or "rhinoceros."

[@deborahberger5816]

What is the title of the painting in 3:20, and who's responsible for it? That unicorn looks like something Dr. Seuss created after taking a tranquilizer. As for the lady --- well, if she's a virgin, she's a carefree, free-thinking one. There must be meaning connected with the things she's wearing (or not wearing), and I'd like to know more about it. Or I can just wait for Amuze to post a video called "Symbols of Virginity in Art History," heh heh!

[@AmuzeArt]

It's entitled The Unicorn, painted in 1885 by Gustave Moreau. This artist also has another painting about unicorns and virgins. Both are inspired by The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries in the Musée de Cluny, and apparently this virgin and the unicorn are on an island without any men.

[@deborahberger5816]

Well, that's one way to preserve one's virginity.